Temple Emanuel

K-5 Shabbat Alive Dinner
2025-11-21 17:45 - 18:30, 2025-12-19 17:45 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us for our monthly K-5 Shabbat Alive dinner! We’ll start with a Shabbat dinner in Adelson Community Hall at 5:45PM and meet other families! After dinner, we will head over to Kabbalat Shabbat services in the Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary. We are so excited to have you join us!
Registration required for each dinner.
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Temple Emanuel Teen Choir
2025-11-23 09:00 - 09:30, 2025-12-07 09:00 - 09:30, 2025-12-14 09:00 - 09:30, 2025-12-21 09:00 - 09:30, 2026-01-11 09:00 - 09:30 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Calling all 6th-12th graders who love to sing and make music! Perform at holiday and concert events. All levels welcome.
Meets right before Religious School, but any Temple Emanuel teen can participate. Morning snack provided!
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ONOT Aviv Israeli Dance Troupe
2025-11-23 09:00 - 09:30, 2025-12-07 09:00 - 09:30, 2025-12-14 09:00 - 09:30, 2025-12-21 09:00 - 09:30 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
ONOT Aviv is Temple Emanuel’s premiere Israeli Dance Troupe for children in grades 2-5!
(ONOT means “seasons” and Aviv means “Spring”)
Students will learn Harkeda (popular, just-for-fun) dances as well as a choreographed routine that will be performed at the Israel Folkdance Festival of Boston and at the Zimkudiyah! They might even pick up some Hebrew along the way!
ONOT Alumna, Ruthie Holzer will be instructing the class with the help of Temple Emanuel dance teacher, Avi Wald.
Tuition is included with Religious School tuition, apart from a $25 t-shirt/costume fee. $180 for students outside of the Religious School. Beginners welcome!
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Kitah Alef: Joy of Shabbat
2025-11-23 10:30 - 12:00 | Reisman Hall, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Alef (1st Grade) Parents!
Together, parents and children will create an “Everything-You-Need-for-Shabbat” kit, including Challah Covers, Candle Sticks, Kiddush Cups, and much more!
Each family will receive Noam Zion’s beautiful resource and guide, A Day Apart: Shabbat at Home

8th & 9th Grade Mock Trial Workshop
2025-11-23 11:00 - 12:00, 2025-12-21 11:00 - 12:00 | Slater Conference Room, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Learn about the biggest debates in Judaism from the Talmud and beyond with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz!
Meets monthly in Slater conference room. Snack provided.
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Temple Emanuel Children's Choir
2025-11-23 12:00 - 12:30, 2025-12-07 12:00 - 12:30, 2025-12-14 12:00 - 12:30, 2025-12-21 12:00 - 12:30 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
For any Temple Emanuel children in grades 1-5 who love to sing! Work with Morah Eugenia Gerstein on making beautiful music together.
Meets directly after Religious School (but open to all) from 12:00-12:30. Snack provided!
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ONOT Kayitz Israeli Dance Troupe
2025-11-23 12:00 - 12:45, 2025-12-07 12:00 - 12:45, 2025-12-14 12:00 - 12:45, 2025-12-21 12:00 - 12:45 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
ONOT Kayitz is Temple Emanuel’s premiere Israeli Dance Troupe for teens in grades 6-12!
(ONOT means “seasons” and Kayitz means “Summer”)
Students will learn Harkeda (popular, just-for-fun) dances as well as a choreographed routine that will be performed at the Israel Folkdance Festival of Boston and at the Zimkudiyah! They might even pick up some Hebrew along the way.
ONOT Alumni, Eliana Blankstein and Daniella Bunch will be instructing the class with the help of Temple Emanuel dance teacher, Avi Wald.
$180 includes instruction, costume rental and t-shirt and snacks!
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6th Grade Trip to Mayyim Hayyim
2025-12-04 15:45 - 17:45 | In Person – Other, MA, United States
Calling all Temple Emanuel 6th graders! The 6th Grade Religious School class will be taking a field trip to Mayyim Hayyim on December 4th during Religious School. We will have a bus ready to pick up the students at 3:45pm from Temple Emanuel, and they will be dropped off back at Temple Emanuel before the end of Religious School!
If any 6th graders who are not in Religious School would like to join this field trip, please email Risa Wagner.

Kitah Hay (5th Grade) Haifa Fair
2025-12-07 11:00 - 12:00 | Benjamin Vestry, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Kitah Hay (5th Grade) Parents are invited to join their students for the annual Haifa Fair!

K-5 Krav Maga with StandStrong
2025-12-14 09:30 - 12:00 | Reisman Hall, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Our Kindergarten – 5th graders will join us to learn all about Israeli Krav Maga and the art of self defense. We are partnering with StandStrong, a wonderful organization, to lead this program. If there are any non-Religious School students that would like to participate in this event, please email Risa.

K-2nd Grade Lunch and Party Games
2025-12-14 12:00 - 13:15 | TE Preschool, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Calling all K-2nd graders!
Come join us on December 14th for a delicious lunch and party games! Please register so we know how many people to expect.
We can’t wait to see you there!
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2nd-5th Grade Camp Ramah Hanukkah Program
2025-12-18 16:30 - 17:30 | Reisman Hall, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Camp Ramah New England will be joining our Religious School on Thursday, December 18th for an hour of fun! We will be making dreidels and participating in a dreidel spinoff!
Any non-religious school students that would like to join should email Risa Wagner.

K-3rd Grade Olive Press Workshop
2025-12-21 09:30 - 12:00 | In Person – Temple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Calling all Kindergarten – 3rd graders! To celebrate the holiday of Hanukkah, we will be having Rabbi Dovid Zaltzman join us for an olive press demonstration. Our workshop demonstrates, with the help of participants, the process the Maccabees used to refine olive oil for the Menorah in the Chanukah story. Participants sort and hand-press fresh olives in an old fashioned olive press made of wood and cast iron, then decant the olive juice with a modern centrifuge to quickly extract the pure olive oil – authentic “Shemen Zayit Zach”. As the olive oil is refined, the participants hand spin wicks out of cotton and then light the Chanukah Menorah with the resulting oil.
If there are any non-Religious School students that would like to participate in this program, please email Risa Wagner.

3rd-5th Grade Lunch and Mitzvah Project
2025-12-21 12:00 - 13:15 | Solomon Youth Lounge, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Calling all 3rd-5th graders! Come join us on December 21st for a delicious lunch and mitzvah project! Please register so we know how many people to expect.
We can’t wait to see you there!
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Youth Shabbat Morning Service
2026-01-10 09:30 - 12:00 | Rabbi Samuel Chiel Sanctuary, 385 Ward Street, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Join us for an incredible Shabbat morning as our teens dazzle us with gorgeous davenning, beautiful Torah reading, and insightful divrei Torah. Led start to finish by Temple Emanuel teens, this service will fill your heart with joy and hope for the future.
